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Stephen Graham Jones

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Stephen Graham Jones is the NYT bestselling author thirty-five or so books. He really likes werewolves and slashers. Favorite novels change daily, but Valis and Love Medicine and Lonesome Dove and It and The Things They Carried are all usually up there somewhere. Stephen lives in Boulder, Colorado. It's a big change from the West Texas he grew up in.
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Stephen Graham Jones dude. wonder what the character-limit is, here? but, all-time favorite? it'd be THE HOWLING. love love love THE HOWLING. but GINGER SNAPS is so amazin…moredude. wonder what the character-limit is, here? but, all-time favorite? it'd be THE HOWLING. love love love THE HOWLING. but GINGER SNAPS is so amazing, too. you?(less)
Stephen Graham Jones Mongrels to start with, maybe? as for which I'm the most proud of, that's always the hardest question, as, to get things ranked like that, I then have…moreMongrels to start with, maybe? as for which I'm the most proud of, that's always the hardest question, as, to get things ranked like that, I then have to figure which I'm least proud of. before I ever get that far, my brain kind of statics over, goes all white noise. since of course I love them all, couldn't leave any of them out in the cold. (less)
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Blue butterfly land

Hey, remembered to stop this one at “10” as well. I’m getting better. Well, less losery?

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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
"Following in the footsteps of Frankenstein, this is a modern day narrator filling us in on her ancestor's journal which also covers the narrative of an indigenous person "Good Stab." The name becomes ironic as Jones puts his own spin on vampire lore." Read more of this review »
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“What I am is the Indian who can’t die. I’m the worst dream America ever had.”
Stephen Graham Jones, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

“This is all you really need, isn’t it? Just one good friend. Somebody you can be stupid with. Somebody who’ll peel you up off the ground, prop you against the wall.”
Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians

“Horror's not a symptom, it's a love affair.”
Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw

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October 2019 Subgenre (Horror) Poll

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Which Horror Mystery/Thriller would you like to read in October?

 
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Prodigal Son (Dean Koontz's Frankenstein #1) by Dean Koontz
 
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